Snoring ... how to approach a fellow leader
by Former Site AdminWe have a Scout hut meet in Wales in Feb for the scouts, and us leaders share a room. One of them snores like an old motorbike on a hill climb 🤔. Should I;
a) ask him if there is a way I can stop him snoring - e.g. would he mind if I prod him in the night to get him to roll onto his side?
b) suggest a snoring cure such as a mandible advancement device like these http://www.britishsnoring.co.uk/shop/mandibular_advancement_devices_MADs.php ?
c) just keep my head down and bear the rumbling?
d) suggest he sleeps elsewhere?
e) get the scouts to practise their knots and lashings and then deposit him in the coal bunker for the night? 🙂
Clearly I wouldn't want to hurt his feelings or imp
Posted on 21/01/15
34 Comment(s)

Clearly I wouldn't want to hurt his feelings or imply he is not wanted. He is! During the day he's a great leader and a good bloke to have around. 😀
Hmm. Thoughts and tips would be helpful, from snorers and not alike.
My father would never agree that he snored, so my mother got me to record him, and play it back to him the next day. A real windowrattler.
cocolinjosephAh hah! Maybe I can put my smart phone to some use at last. 🙂
Just push their beds/bunks outside so they can sleep under the stars,which i don`t think will fall out of the sky😀😀
lalandranger68Clothes pegs make great improvisers, so maybe get him to try one of these???😉
MNMadNadI think its time to "man up" site Admin. Horrendous snorers can ruin trips away for room mates. Make a joke of it to him and get him a proprietary mouth guard eg Snoreban for xmas. Your fellow compatriots will thank you and you will enjoy w/e a lot more. Unless he's extremely selfish he'll be ok with it. With acknowledgements to Clare Raynor
ahalpine hikerTell him you have folded his pj's and put them under his pillow and got him a nice hot water bottle and will be round to tuck him in for the night.
trtrekkieGuaranteed he will stay awake until he knows you are asleep.🙂
I used to swear by a sharp jab in the ribs with my bony elbow 😋
PDPear Drop (Sarah)PeteWarks: You can grow a pair of earplugs? 😀
Pear Drop (Sarah): me too - worked every time.... Especially as it got a harder jab each time.
MiMisty15hhSite Admin: you need to ask Minty.... He knows how loud he snores, and slept in the outhouse at surrey hills 😀
As assistant Cub leader! can sympathize ? Stick him in the tent with the scouts ? they get no sleep and you have a restfull day🙂 problem solved ?
bobreath of fresh airYou really ought to tell him, he may not know. You forgot option f) sleep elsewhere yourself 😀
HeHedgehogThanks all. 🙂
Have bought this for Christmas - and will be giving it as a wrapped present to his missus, who I know often abandons the marital bed in the middle of the night.
http://www.eu-pap.co.uk/somnolis-mad.html?gclid=CLuhz_nqtMICFdQZtAodLB0AAA
A lot of snorers that use such devices report not only that their marriage has been saved, but they also wake up in the morning more refreshed. I wonder why more snorers don't spend a little cash testing these things?
Good call going through "the missus"
ahalpine hikerJust realise I have shot myself in the foot!
If loads of snorers read this thread and cure teir snoring more marriages will be saved and this site will lose business. Single snorers will suddenly become marriageable prospects and yet more business lost. Aaaagh! Ignore everything above. Snore as loudly as possible. 😋😀
Just saw this on http://scout.org/node/49671:
HeHedgehogWhitenoise
Description: %u201CNo need to worry about your snoring tent mate. Whitenoise is recommended by Dr. Oz as a miracle for better sleep!%u201D (Works with earphones)
Available: iOS, android, amazon.com
Cost: $1.99
We have a couple of snorers on the site, not mentioning names😈 One very kindly provided us with ear plugs the other takes a gargle. 😉😉
UJUltreia (Jo & Alan)jopo (Jo): How about a new site competition; "guess the name of the snorer"
cocolinjosephcolinjoseph: He He. 😀 That would be funny but a bit cruel. I imagine bleary eyed sleepers hanging around the dorm in the dark with a recording device collecting 'entries'.
on 22/12/14 @ 5:18Hedgehog: Download an MP3 for free here:
http://cantonbecker.com/music/white-noise-sleep-sounds/mp3s.php
Neet little video and a link to a free selection here. Just play them on your iPod in a loop, or create a play list with the same sound repeated on the list over and over to get a continuous play. I love the rain ones. Rain on a tent really puts me to sleep quickly. 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvFoV42C934
Thanks but I'll stick with the ear plugs, when I'm not having to keep an ear open to see what my cubs are up to!
HeHedgehogOk....As an od member who has inflicted his nocturnal nasal noise on fellow members for a good few years now.....let me first apologise for allllll those sleepless nights.
dadavemI must admit to feeling embarrassed and not a little ashamed at keeping some very good mates awake.
I've tried many possible solutions over the years....but to no avail !!!!!
I know people have tried being subtle in the past and put all us snorers in the same dorm....but that's only succeeded in having the whole building vibrate with our six part harmonies....
My solution now is going to be self imposed exile...When ever I can I'm going to fork out for a private room from now on.....
davem: How do you know it is you? You could have been framed, especially as you were asleep at the time!
cocolinjoseph😮zzzzzz
davem: lol don't worry about a thing as we all love you. The only person it upset was yourself when you snored yourself off the top bunk. Oh and John who was in the room below. It served him right because he got a room to himself 😀😀😀
UJUltreia (Jo & Alan)Ha ha.... Marry Christmas Jo.... I think an alternative is to drink less....hmmm.... ok I don't think that's going to be a goer....!
dadavemjust been reading some of the remark above.it's making me laugh a bit.sorry that i kept you awake.with my rendition of the 1812 overture.HaHaHa.my girlfriend told me i don't snore when i'm sleeping with her.now she's my ex..getting down to the meat and potatoes.i have a very simple remedy.one of you lovely ladies can be a sacrificial lamb.of course i do have several requirements.no glass eye no wooden leg no false teeth.i'm pretty easy going.now i've got esmerelda that shouldn't be a problem.but when i do have to share a yha you lovely ladies have draw straws now is not a lovely prospect😋😋😋😋
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